Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1887-04-07
REVISED FREIGHT RATES.

What tae Inter state Commerce Law
viii do for Yankton-A New Tariff
List Issued,
Under the interstate commerce Law
a new system and schedule OF freight
rates went into effect on the 9th inst
The Chicago, Milwaukee s.. ST. Pau
railroad company has already instructed
Its representatives relative to charges
and Agent Dean, of this station, has
given US some figures relating thereto.
Rates for shipments between Yankton
and Chicago, Milwaukee, Racine and
Racine Junction are quoted as follows:
New rates-car load classes-Salt,
cement and stucco, per cwt, 2l25c;
horses or mules, per car, $50; hogs or
cattle, PEI owl. 35c, sheep, per cwt, 35e.
On merchandise, per ewt-First class
$1.05, second class $50, third class 65c,
fourth class 45e. On merchandise
special car load classes. per cwt-Fifth
class, 35c, class A SIC, (this includes farm
machinery, class B $50. class q $50,
class d 24c, class e 1913.
Old r~ates-Salt, cement and stucco
2l55c per cwt, horses and mules $S5 per
car, hogs and cattle $75 per car, sheep
$50 per car. Merchandise, per cwt-
First class 81 10, second class $50, third
clast 65 C, fourth class 45s, fifth class 35c,
class A 47c, class B 49,, class O $50,
class ID 2Sn,
Rates for shipment between Yankton
and st. Paul and Minneapolis are quoted
as follows: -.u.<
New rstes-Merchandise per cwt-
First class S5o, second class 70c, third
class Soc, fourth class 40c. Merchandise,
special car load GLASSES, per cwt-Flfth
class 32c, class A 500, class B 2S., class
q 23c, class ID zoo, class e 16c,
Old Observation-Disclosures. per .cwt-
First class $50, second class zoe, third
class Coo, fourth class 400. Special car
load classes per cwt-Fifth class SAC,
class A 55c, class B BOO, class G $50,
class ID Zoo.
On freight between Yankton and Chi
cago, Milwaukee, Racine and Racine
junction the new tariff makes reduc.
tions as follows per cwt: First class 90,
GLASS A 10c, class B 30, class Q SO, class
D DC. This reduction applies, with the
one exception OF first class, to special car
load classes and is valuable to jobbers
and implement dealers. CATTLE and hogs
are reduced about $40 per car.
On freight between Yankton and st
Paul and Minneapolis reductions are as
follows, per cwt: Third class 30, fourth
class So, fifth class 20. special car load
classes-A Sc, B &c, 9 20.
The revised grain tariff makes rates to
Chicago and Milwaukee, from Yankton
as follows per cwt: Flax seed $50, wheat
-four and meal 30,, rye, barley. bran AND
m%ilistuffs 200, Tow in bales at owner:
risk from fire ESQ per cvt. The rate OF
pork house product is $50 per cwt, al
increase of five cents
Brick will be shipped to all Dakots
points tributary to Yankton yards for 40t
per 1000, a decrease of ten cents.
The new tariff makes important live
stock reductions. Sheep will now COS
an average OF $40 per car, old rate $50
hogs an average of $50, old rate $75
horses or mules, $50, old rate SS5. Or
cattle there is no material change il
rate. All stock except horses and mules
are to 60 by weight. They will b,
weighed at points of Shipment where
there are scales, and otherwise the ship
pers weight will be accepted, to be veri
fed at. destination.
Rates from Sioux City to Yankton or,
twenty per oent higher than before.
The Chicago& Northwestern has no
yet issued its new tariff table. Agen
| Wicker says the coal rate from Chicago
to Ysnktnn will be 81 per ton and tina
there will be about three cents per hun
dred reduction on lumber from al
northern Michigan points touched b.
the Northwestern,